Wuuthrad

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"When Ysgramor awoke the next morning, Yngol presented him with a mighty axe, hewn from the sorrow that had laid him low just the night before. And the Harbinger of us all embraced his son. He cried out in joy, sadness, and rage. And there on the deck of the last ship from Saarthal, Ysgramor named his axe Wuuthrad, which means "Storm's Tears" in the language of Atmora."

Wuuthrad was forged by Ysgramor's son, Yngol, the day after the Night of Tears. Legend has it that when Ysgramor left Saarthal, his tears of grief were made of pure ebony, which Yngol used to forge this axe. Yngol heated the tears with lightning and then cooled them in the ocean, and the result was a great axe forged from Ysgramor's own wrath and sorrow. Yngol gifted the axe to his father, who named it "Wuuthrad," meaning "Storm's Tears" in the Atmoran tongue. The axe was later enchanted by Ahzidal, who was one of the most powerful humanenchanters since the Merethic Era.[2]

The effect is not considered an enchantment, so Wuuthrad is affected by the Elemental Fury shout. Additionally, it may be enchanted at an arcane enchanter to stack with its inherent ability, although the description "Especially deadly to Elves" will remain.

Wuuthrad is a two-handed battleaxe with blades on both sides. It has a long handle, ending in a sharp point at the top. It has a mostly grayish tone. It also features a screaming Elf on the head of the axe. The two ears of the elf are small and pressed close to the face.

When Wuuthrad is sheathed, it will appear on the Dragonborn's back diagonally, facing downward to the Dragonborn's left, with the handle pointing up and to the Dragonborn's right.

PC 360 PS3 If placed on a weapons rack and later removed, it is possible for Wuuthrad to be marked as a quest item, and no longer be capable of being dropped or put into a chest. However, it is possible to remove Wuuthrad from one's inventory by using it on a weapons rack again, though it will only be thrown onto the floor nearby and not placed on the rack.

360 If placed on a weapon plaque, Wuuthrad may disappear. Sometimes, it can even be found floating in the air across from the weapon plaque.

Wuuthrad can increase or decrease base damage randomly when loading a saved game.

PC 360 When equipped, Wuuthrad may become impossible to swing or attack with.

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